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AI Friday LIVE w/ Steve Wilson - Vibe Coding, Agentic AI Security And More
Welcome to AI Friday! In this episode, we dive into the latest developments in Generative AI Security, discussing the implications and challenges of this emerging technology. Join Aubrey from DevCentral and the OWASP GenAI Security Project, along with an expert panel including Byron, Ken, Lori, and special guest Steve Wilson, as they explore the complexities of AI in the news and the evolving landscape of AI security. We also take a closer look at the fascinating topic of vibe coding, its impact on software development, and the transformative potential of AI-assisted coding practices. Whether you're a developer, security professional, or an AI enthusiast, this episode is packed with insights and expert opinions that you won't want to miss. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and join the conversation! Topics: Agentic Risk vs. Reward OWASP GenAI Security Project DeepSeek and Inference Performance Vibe Coding Roundtable Annnnd we may have shared some related, mostly wholesome memes.
AubreyKingF5
Mar 31, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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F5 rSeries: Next-Generation Fully Automatable Hardware
What is rSeries? F5 rSeries is a rearchitected, next-generation hardware platform that scales application delivery performance and automates application services to address many of today’s most critical business challenges. rSeries relies on a Kubernetes-based platform layer (F5OS) that is tightly integrated with F5 TMOS software. Going to a microservice-based platform layer allows rSeries to provide additional functionality that was not possible in previous generations of F5 BIG-IP platforms. Customers do not need to learn Kubernetes but still get the benefits of it. Management of the hardware will still be done via a familiar F5 CLI, webUI or API. The additional benefit of automation capabilities can greatly simplify the process of deploying F5 products. A significant amount of time and resources are saved due to automation, which translates to more time to perform critical tasks. F5OS rSeries UI Why is this important? Get more done in less time by using a highly automatable hardware platform that can deploy software solutions in seconds, not minutes or hours. Increased performance improves ROI: The rSeries platform is a high performance and highly scalable appliance with improved processing power. Running multiple versions on the same platform allows for more flexibility than previously possible. Pay-as-you-Grow licensing options that unlock more CPU resources. Key rSeries Use-Cases NetOps Automation Shorten time to market by automating network operations and offering cloud like orchestration with full stack programmability Drive app development and delivery with self-service and faster response time Business Continuity Drive consistent policies across on-prem and public cloud and across hardware and software based ADCs Build resiliency with rSeries’ superior performance and failover capabilities Future proof investments by running multiple versions of apps side-by-side; migrate applications at your own pace Cloud Migration On-Ramp Accelerate cloud strategy by adopting cloud operating models and on-demand scalability with rSeries and use that as on ramp to cloud Dramatically reduce TCO with rSeries systems; extend commercial models to migrate from hardware to software or as applications move to cloud Automation Capabilities Declarative APIs and integration with automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible) greatly simplifies operations and reduces overhead: AS3 (Application Services 3 Extension): A declarative API that simplifies the configuration of application services. With AS3, customers can deploy and manage configurations consistently across environments. Ansible Automation: Prebuilt Ansible modules for rSeries enable automated provisioning, configuration, and updates, reducing manual effort and minimizing errors. Terraform: Organizations leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can use Terraform to define and automate the deployment of rSeries appliances and associated configurations. Example json file: Example of running the Automation Playbook: Example of the results: More information on Automation: Automating F5OS on rSeries GitHub Automation Repository Specialized Hardware Performance rSeries offers more hardware-accelerated performance capabilities with more FPGA chipsets that are more tightly integrated with TMOS. It also includes the latest Intel processing capabilities. This enhances the following: SSL and compression offload L4 offload for higher performance and reduced load on software Hardware-accelerated SYN flood protection Hardware-based protection from more than 100 types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks Support for F5 Intelligence Services Migration Options (BIG-IP Journeys) Use BIG-IP Jouneys to easily migrate your existing configuration to rSeries. This covers the following: Entire L4-L7 configuration can be migrated Individual Applications can be migrated BIG-IP Tenant configuration can be migrated Automatically identify and resolve migration issues Convert UCS files into AS3 declarations if needed Post-deployment diagnostics and health The Journeys Tool, available on DevCentral’s GitHub, facilitates the migration of legacy BIG-IP configurations to rSeries-compatible formats. Customers can convert UCS files, validate configurations, and highlight unsupported features during the migration process. Multi-tenancy capabilities in rSeries simplify the process of isolating workloads during and after migration. GitHub repository for F5 Journeys Conclusion The F5 rSeries platform addresses the modern enterprise’s need for high-performance, scalable, and efficient application delivery and security solutions. By combining cutting-edge hardware capabilities with robust automation tools and flexible migration options, rSeries empowers organizations to seamlessly transition from legacy platforms while unlocking new levels of performance and operational agility. Whether driven by the need for increased throughput, advanced multi-tenancy, the rSeries platform stands as a future-ready solution for securing and optimizing application delivery in an increasingly complex IT landscape. Related Content Cloud Docs rSeries Guide F5 rSeries Appliance Datasheet
KevinGallaugher
Mar 31, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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F5 VELOS: A Next-Generation Fully Automatable Platform
What is VELOS? The F5 VELOS platform is the next generation of F5’s chassis-based systems. VELOS can bridge traditional and modern application architectures by supporting a mix of traditional F5 BIG-IP tenants as well as next-generation BIG-IP Next tenants in the future. VELOS relies on a Kubernetes-based platform layer (F5OS) that is tightly integrated with F5 TMOS software. Going to a microservice-based platform layer allows VELOS to provide additional functionality that was not possible in previous generations of F5 BIG-IP platforms. Customers do not need to learn Kubernetes but still get the benefits of it. Management of the chassis will still be done via a familiar F5 CLI, webUI, or API. The additional benefit of automation capabilities can greatly simplify the process of deploying F5 products. A significant amount of time and resources are saved due to automation, which translates to more time to perform critical tasks. F5OS VELOS UI Why is VELOS important? Get more done in less time by using a highly automatable hardware platform that can deploy software solutions in seconds, not minutes or hours. Increased performance improves ROI: The VELOS platform is a high-performance and highly scalable chassis with improved processing power. Running multiple versions on the same platform allows for more flexibility than previously possible. Significantly reduce the TCO of previous-generation hardware by consolidating multiple platforms into one. Key VELOS Use-Cases NetOps Automation Shorten time to market by automating network operations and offering cloud-like orchestration with full-stack programmability Drive app development and delivery with self-service and faster response time Business Continuity Drive consistent policies across on-prem and public cloud and across hardware and software-based ADCs Build resiliency with VELOS’ superior platform redundancy and failover capabilities Future-proof investments by running multiple versions of apps side-by-side; migrate applications at your own pace Cloud Migration On-Ramp Accelerate cloud strategy by adopting cloud operating models and on-demand scalability with VELOS and use that as on-ramp to cloud Dramatically reduce TCO with VELOS systems; extend commercial models to migrate from hardware to software or as applications move to cloud Automation Capabilities Declarative APIs and integration with automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible) greatly simplifies operations and reduces overhead: AS3 (Application Services 3 Extension): A declarative API that simplifies the configuration of application services. With AS3, customers can deploy and manage configurations consistently across environments. Ansible Automation: Prebuilt Ansible modules for VELOS enable automated provisioning, configuration, and updates, reducing manual effort and minimizing errors. Terraform: Organizations leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can use Terraform to define and automate the deployment of VELOS appliances and associated configurations. Example json file: Example of running the Automation Playbook: Example of the results: More information on Automation: Automating F5OS on VELOS GitHub Automation Repository Specialized Hardware Performance VELOS offers more hardware-accelerated performance capabilities with more FPGA chipsets that are more tightly integrated with TMOS. It also includes the latest Intel processing capabilities. This enhances the following: SSL and compression offload L4 offload for higher performance and reduced load on software Hardware-accelerated SYN flood protection Hardware-based protection from more than 100 types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks Support for F5 Intelligence Services VELOS CX1610 chassis VELOS BX520 blade Migration Options (BIG-IP Journeys) Use BIG-IP Journeys to easily migrate your existing configuration to VELOS. This covers the following: Entire L4-L7 configuration can be migrated Individual Applications can be migrated BIG-IP Tenant configuration can be migrated Automatically identify and resolve migration issues Convert UCS files into AS3 declarations if needed Post-deployment diagnostics and health The Journeys Tool, available on DevCentral’s GitHub, facilitates the migration of legacy BIG-IP configurations to VELOS-compatible formats. Customers can convert UCS files, validate configurations, and highlight unsupported features during the migration process. Multi-tenancy capabilities in VELOS simplify the process of isolating workloads during and after migration. GitHub repository for F5 Journeys Conclusion The F5 VELOS platform addresses the modern enterprise’s need for high-performance, scalable, and efficient application delivery and security solutions. By combining cutting-edge hardware capabilities with robust automation tools and flexible migration options, VELOS empowers organizations to seamlessly transition from legacy platforms while unlocking new levels of performance and operational agility. Whether driven by the need for increased throughput, advanced multi-tenancy, the VELOS platform stands as a future-ready solution for securing and optimizing application delivery in an increasingly complex IT landscape. Related Content Cloud Docs VELOS Guide F5 VELOS Chassic System Datasheet Demo Video:
KevinGallaugher
Mar 28, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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Simplifying Application Health Monitoring with F5 BIG-IP
A simple agreement between BIG-IP administrators and application owners can foster smooth collaboration between teams. Application owners define their own simple or complex health monitors and agree to expose a conventional /health endpoint. When a /health endpoint responds with an HTTP 200 request, BIG-IP assumes the application is healthy based on the application owners' own criteria.
Tony_Marfil
Mar 27, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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VMware NSX to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Migration with F5 Distributed Cloud
F5 XC provides a solution that allows migrating workloads gradually from NSX, providing analogous and augmented functionality and keeping the original IP addresses, de-risking the migration.
Ulises_Alonso
Mar 26, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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Integrating Hashicorp Vault with Cert Manager and F5 NGINX Ingress Controller
Overview Managing TLS certificates manually can be tedious and error-prone. This quick-start guide simplifies the process by integrating HashiCorp Vault as a certificate authority in Kubernetes, using Jetstack’s cert-manager for automation and F5 NGINX Ingress Controller for secure traffic management. With this setup, certificates are issued and renewed automatically, reducing manual effort and improving security. By the end, your Kubernetes environment will be equipped with a streamlined, hands-free TLS certificate management system. Prerequisites Kubernetes Cluster (e.g., Minikube, AKS, EKS, GKE) NGINX Ingress Controller (Installation Guide) kubectl and Helm CLI Key resource names for easy reference Component Resource Name Vault helm release vault Vault pod vault-0 Vault service endpoint http://vault.default:8200 Domain example.com PKI role example-dot-com Kubernetes service account issuer Kubernetes secret issuer-token Cert manager issuer vault-issuer Certificate example-com TLS secret example-com-tls NGINX ingress example-ingress 🤓 Step-by-step guide Deploy vault in Kubernetes #Install vault helm chart helm repo add hashicorp https://helm.releases.hashicorp.com helm repo update helm install vault hashicorp/vault --set "injector.enabled=false" # Initialize and unseal vault kubectl exec vault-0 -- vault operator init -key-shares=1 -key-threshold=1 -format=json > init-keys.json VAULT_UNSEAL_KEY=$(cat init-keys.json | jq -r ".unseal_keys_b64[]") kubectl exec vault-0 -- vault operator unseal $VAULT_UNSEAL_KEY # Verify vault deployment, result will be pod vault-0 running kubectl get pods # Capture the root token to login, you should receive a success message VAULT_ROOT_TOKEN=$(cat init-keys.json | jq -r ".root_token") kubectl exec vault-0 -- vault login $VAULT_ROOT_TOKEN Configure PKI secrets engine # Start an interactive Shell in pod vault-0 kubectl exec --stdin=true --tty=true vault-0 -- /bin/sh # Enable PKI default path vault secrets enable pki # Configure max cert validity time vault secrets tune -max-lease-ttl=8760h pki # Generate root cert vault write pki/root/generate/internal \ common_name=example.com \ ttl=8760h # Configure PKI endpoints vault write pki/config/urls \ issuing_certificates="http://vault.default:8200/v1/pki/ca" \ crl_distribution_points="http://vault.default:8200/v1/pki/crl" # Configure a role name vault write pki/roles/example-dot-com \ allowed_domains=example.com \ allow_subdomains=true \ max_ttl=72h # Create a policy called "pki" for the PKI secrets engine vault policy write pki - <<EOF path "pki*" { capabilities = ["read", "list"] } path "pki/sign/example-dot-com" { capabilities = ["create", "update"] } path "pki/issue/example-dot-com" { capabilities = ["create"] } EOF # Exit the vault-0 pod exit Configure Kubernetes authentication # Start the interactive shall in pod vault-0 kubectl exec --stdin=true --tty=true vault-0 -- /bin/sh # Enable Kubernetes authentication vault auth enable kubernetes # Configure the Kubernetes authentication method to use location of the Kubernetes API vault write auth/kubernetes/config \ kubernetes_host="https://$KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP_ADDR:443" # Create a Kubernetes authentication role vault write auth/kubernetes/role/issuer \ bound_service_account_names=issuer \ bound_service_account_namespaces=default \ policies=pki \ ttl=20m # Exit pod vault-0 exit Deploy cert manager # Install Jetstack's cert-manager version 1.12.3 kubectl apply --validate=false -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.12.3/cert-manager.crds.yaml # Create cert-manager namespace kubectl create namespace cert-manager # Install with helm helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io helm repo update helm install cert-manager \ --namespace cert-manager \ --version v1.12.3 \ jetstack/cert-manager # Get cert manager pods kubectl get pods --namespace cert-manager Configure an issuer and generate a certificate # Create service account in the default namespace kubectl create serviceaccount issuer # Create a secret definition cat >> issuer-secret.yaml <<EOF apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: issuer-token-lmzpj annotations: kubernetes.io/service-account.name: issuer type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token EOF # Create issuer secret kubectl apply -f issuer-secret.yaml # Get all secrets in the default namespace kubectl get secrets # Create variable to capture the value of issuer secret ISSUER_SECRET_REF=$(kubectl get secrets --output=json | jq -r '.items[].metadata | select(.name|startswith("issuer-token-")).name') # Define issuer file cat > vault-issuer.yaml <<EOF apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1 kind: Issuer metadata: name: vault-issuer namespace: default spec: vault: server: http://vault.default:8200 path: pki/sign/example-dot-com auth: kubernetes: mountPath: /v1/auth/kubernetes role: issuer secretRef: name: $ISSUER_SECRET_REF key: token EOF # Create the issuer kubectl apply -f vault-issuer.yaml # Define a certificate named example-com cat > example-com-cert.yaml <<EOF apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1 kind: Certificate metadata: name: example-com namespace: default spec: secretName: example-com-tls issuerRef: name: vault-issuer commonName: www.example.com dnsNames: - www.example.com EOF # Create the example-com certificate kubectl apply -f example-com-cert.yaml # View the example-com certificate kubectl describe certificate.cert-manager example-com Configure NGINX Ingress to use the certificate # Define nginx ingress resource cat > example-ingress.yaml <<EOF apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: Ingress metadata: name: example-ingress namespace: default annotations: nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true" spec: tls: - hosts: - www.example.com secretName: example-com-tls rules: - host: www.example.com http: paths: - path: / pathType: Prefix backend: service: name: example-service port: number: 80 EOF # Apply ingress configuration kubectl apply -f example-ingress.yaml Verify automatic certificate renewal # Check if the certificate has been created successfully and when its expiry date is kubectl get certificate example-com -n default kubectl get secret example-com-tls -o jsonpath="{.data['tls\.crt']}" | base64 -d | openssl x509 -noout -dates # After waiting for the certificate renewal period to pass, check if a new certificate has been issued kubectl get certificate example-com -n default kubectl get secret example-com-tls -o jsonpath="{.data['tls\.crt']}" | base64 -d | openssl x509 -noout -dates # Ensure that the expiration date has changed, indicating that a new certificate has been issued and applied kubectl describe certificate example-com # Check that NGINX Ingress is working with your TLS curl -v https://www.example.com --resolve www.example.com:443:<YOUR_INGRESS_SERVICE_EXTERNAL_IP> ☕ Summary With HashiCorp Vault and cert-manager, certificate management is fully automated, eliminating the need for manual intervention. NGINX Ingress Controller handles TLS termination efficiently, reducing overhead on backend services while ensuring secure communication. Beyond basic ingress capabilities, NGINX Ingress Controller offers advanced traffic splitting and content-based routing, making it a solid choice for production environments. Offloading TLS termination here not only enhances security but also optimizes resource utilization and performance. This integration provides a scalable, maintainable solution for managing certificates and ingress traffic in Kubernetes.
Minh-Nguyen
Mar 19, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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F5 BIG-IP deployment with Red Hat OpenShift - keeping client IP addresses and egress flows
Controlling the egress traffic in OpenShift allows to use the BIG-IP for several use cases: Keeping the source IP of the ingress clients Providing highly scalable SNAT for egress flows Providing security functionalities for egress flows
Ulises_Alonso
Mar 15, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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How to get a F5 BIG-IP VE Developer Lab License
(applies to BIG-IP TMOS Edition) To assist operational teams teams improve their development for the BIG-IP platform, F5 offers a low cost developer lab license. This license can be purchased from your authorized F5 vendor. If you do not have an F5 vendor, and you are in either Canada or the US you can purchase a lab license online: CDW BIG-IP Virtual Edition Lab License CDW Canada BIG-IP Virtual Edition Lab License Once completed, the order is sent to F5 for fulfillment and your license will be delivered shortly after via e-mail. F5 is investigating ways to improve this process. To download the BIG-IP Virtual Edition, log into my.f5.com (separate login from DevCentral), navigate down to the Downloads card under the Support Resources section of the page. Select BIG-IP from the product group family and then the current version of BIG-IP. You will be presented with a list of options, at the bottom, select the Virtual-Edition option that has the following descriptions: For VMware Fusion or Workstation or ESX/i: Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server For Microsoft HyperV: Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V KVM RHEL/CentoOS: Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS Note: There are also 1 Slot versions of the above images where a 2nd boot partition is not needed for in-place upgrades. These images include _1SLOT- to the image name instead of ALL. The below guides will help get you started with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition to develop for VMWare Fusion, AWS, Azure, VMware, or Microsoft Hyper-V. These guides follow standard practices for installing in production environments and performance recommendations change based on lower use/non-critical needs for development or lab environments. Similar to driving a tank, use your best judgement. Deploying F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition on VMware Fusion Deploying F5 BIG-IP in Microsoft Azure for Developers Deploying F5 BIG-IP in AWS for Developers Deploying F5 BIG-IP in Windows Server Hyper-V for Developers Deploying F5 BIG-IP in VMware vCloud Director and ESX for Developers Note: F5 Support maintains authoritative Azure, AWS, Hyper-V, and ESX/vCloud installation documentation. VMware Fusion is not an official F5-supported hypervisor so DevCentral publishes the Fusion guide with the help of our Field Systems Engineering teams.
Chase_Abbott
Mar 13, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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Secure AI RAG using F5 Distributed Cloud in Red Hat OpenShift AI and NetApp ONTAP Environment
Introduction Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a powerful technique that allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to access information beyond their training data. The “R” in RAG refers to the data retrieval process, where the system retrieves relevant information from an external knowledge base based on the input query. Next, the “A” in RAG represents the augmentation of context enrichment, as the system combines the retrieved relevant information and the input query to create a more comprehensive prompt for the LLM. Lastly, the “G” in RAG stands for response generation, where the LLM generates a response with a more contextually accurate output based on the augmented prompt as a result. RAG is becoming increasingly popular in enterprise AI applications due to its ability to provide more accurate and contextually relevant responses to a wide range of queries. However, deploying RAG can introduce complexity due to its components being located in different environments. For instance, the datastore or corpus, which is a collection of data, is typically on-premise for enhanced control over data access and management due to data security, governance, and compliance with regulations within the enterprise. Meanwhile, inference services are often deployed in the cloud for their scalability and cost-effectiveness. In this article, we will discuss how F5 Distributed Cloud can simplify the complexity and securely connect all RAG components seamlessly for enterprise RAG-enabled AI applications deployments. Specifically, we will focus on Network Connect, App Connect, and Web App & API Protection. We will demonstrate how these F5 Distributed Cloud features can be leveraged to secure RAG in collaboration with Red Hat OpenShift AI and NetApp ONTAP. Example Topology F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect enables seamless and secure network connectivity across hybrid and multicloud environments. By deploying F5 Distributed Cloud Customer Edge (CE) at site, it allows us to easily establish encrypted site-to-site connectivity across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environment. Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, has said that "Nearly half of the files in the world are stored on-prem on NetApp.”. In our example, enterprise data stores are deployed on NetApp ONTAP in a data center in Seattle managed by organization B (Segment-B: s-gorman-production-segment), while RAG services, including embedding Large Language Model (LLM) and vector database, is deployed on-premise on a Red Hat OpenShift cluster in a data center in California managed by Organization A (Segment-A: jy-ocp). By leveraging F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect, we can quickly and easily establish a secure connection for seamless and efficient data transfer from the enterprise data stores to RAG services between these two segments only: F5 Distributed Cloud CE can be deployed as a virtual machine (VM) or as a pod on a Red Hat OpenShift cluster. In California, we deploy the CE as a VM using Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization — click here to find out more on Deploying F5 Distributed Cloud Customer Edge in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: Segment-A: jy-ocp on CE in California and Segment-B: s-gorman-production-segment on CE in Seattle: Simply and securely connect Segment-A: jy-ocp and Segment-B: s-gorman-production-segment only, using Segment Connector: NetApp ONTAP in Seattle has a LUN named “tbd-RAG”, which serves as the enterprise data store in our demo setup and contains a collection of data. After these two data centers are connected using F5 XC Network Connect, a secure encrypted end-to-end connection is established between them. In our example, “test-ai-tbd” is in the data center in California where it hosts the RAG services, including embedding Large Language Model (LLM) and vector database, and it can now successfully connect to the enterprise data stores on NetApp ONTAP in the data center in Seattle: F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect securely connects and delivers distributed applications and services across hybrid and multicloud environments. By utilizing F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect, we can direct the inference traffic through F5 Distributed Cloud's security layers to safeguard our inference endpoints. Red Hat OpenShift on Amazon Web Services (ROSA) is a fully managed service that allows users to develop, run, and scale applications in a native AWS environment. We can host our inference service on ROSA so that we can leverage the scalability, cost-effectiveness, and numerous benefits of AWS’s managed infrastructure services. For instance, we can host our inference service on ROSA by deploying Ollama with multiple AI/ML models: Or, we can enable Model Serving on Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI). Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) is a flexible and scalable AI/ML platform builds on the capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift that facilitates collaboration among data scientists, engineers, and app developers. This platform allows them to serve, build, train, deploy, test, and monitor AI/ML models and applications either on-premise or in the cloud, fostering efficient innovation within organizations. In our example, we use Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) Model Serving on ROSA for our inference service: Once inference service is deployed on ROSA, we can utilize F5 Distributed Cloud to secure our inference endpoint by steering the inference traffic through F5 Distributed Cloud's security layers, which offers an extensive suite of features designed specifically for the security of modern AI/ML inference endpoints. This setup would allow us to scrutinize requests, implement policies for detected threats, and protect sensitive datasets before they reach the inferencing service hosted within ROSA. In our example, we setup a F5 Distributed Cloud HTTP Load Balancer (rhoai-llm-serving.f5-demo.com), and we advertise it to the CE in the datacenter in California only: We now reach our Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) inference endpoint through F5 Distributed Cloud: F5 Distributed Cloud Web App & API Protection F5 Distributed Cloud Web App & API Protection provides comprehensive sets of security features, and uniform observability and policy enforcement to protect apps and APIs across hybrid and multicloud environments. We utilize F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect to steer the inference traffic through F5 Distributed Cloud to secure our inference endpoint. In our example, we protect our Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) inference endpoint by rate-limiting the access, so that we can ensure no single client would exhaust the inference service: A "Too Many Requests" is received in the response when a single client repeatedly requests access to the inference service at a rate higher than the configured threshold: This is just one of the many security features to protect our inference service. Click here to find out more on Securing Model Serving in Red Hat OpenShift AI (on ROSA) with F5 Distributed Cloud API Security. Demonstration In a real-world scenario, the front-end application could be hosted on the cloud, or hosted at the edge, or served through F5 Distributed Cloud, offering flexible alternatives for efficient application delivery based on user preferences and specific needs. To illustrate how all the discussed components work seamlessly together, we simplify our example by deploying Open WebUI as the front-end application on the Red Hat OpenShift cluster in the data center in California, which includes RAG services. While a DPU or GPU could be used for improved performance, our setup utilizes a CPU for inferencing tasks. We connect our app to our enterprise data stores deployed on NetApp ONTAP in the data center in Seattle using F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect, where we have a copy of "Chapter 1. About the Migration Toolkit for Virtualization" from Red Hat. These documents are processed and saved to the Vector DB: Our embedding Large Language Model (LLM) is Sentence-Transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2, and here is our RAG template: Instead of connecting to the inference endpoint on Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) on ROSA directly, we connect to the F5 Distributed Cloud HTTP Load Balancer (rhoai-llm-serving.f5-demo.com) from F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect: Previously, we asked, "What is MTV?“ and we never received a response related to Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization: Now, let's try asking the same question again with RAG services enabled: We finally received the response we had anticipated. Next, we use F5 Distributed Cloud Web App & API Protection to safeguard our Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) inference endpoint on ROSA by rate-limiting the access, thus preventing a single client from exhausting the inference service: As expected, we received "Too Many Requests" in the response on our app upon requesting the inference service at a rate greater than the set threshold: With F5 Distributed Cloud's real-time observability and security analytics from the F5 Distributed Console, we can proactively monitor for potential threats. For example, if necessary, we can block a client from accessing the inference service by adding it to the Blocked Clients List: As expected, this specific client is now unable to access the inference service: Summary Deploying and securing RAG for enterprise RAG-enabled AI applications in a multi-vendor, hybrid, and multi-cloud environment can present complex challenges. In collaboration with Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) and NetApp ONTAP, F5 Distributed Cloud provides an effortless solution that secures RAG components seamlessly for enterprise RAG-enabled AI applications.
Jennifer_Yeung
Feb 25, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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Demo Guide & Video Series for F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect (Multi-Cloud Networking)
Exploring the core networking use-cases for F5 Distributed Cloud, the following demo guide and 3-part video series shows how to connect sample networks at Layer 3 (L3) and a sample application using Layer 7 (L7). If you've ever come across one of our Distributed Cloud, multi-cloud solutions and thought about trying it out for yourself but lack some of the precursor tools or awareness to do it, then this demo guide and video series is perfect for you. This shows every step to deploy a modern app in multiple cloud locations and make it available using the Distributed Cloud L7 HTTP LB, and also the L3 transit global network. Before going through the steps yourself, watch this 3-part video series illustrating the process in each location. Video: Module 1 - Distributed Cloud L7 Networking to AWS Video: Module 2 - Distributed Cloud L7 Networking to Azure Video: Module 3 - Distributed Cloud L3 between AWS and Azure via Global Network Ready to get your hands on? The following GitHub repository contains all the scripts and instructions performed in the videos above. https://github.com/f5devcentral/xcmcndemoguide Conclusion Deploying modern applications with services running in multiple locations and on different cloud providers is straight forward with Distributed Cloud Platform services. HTTP LB makes connects apps direct at the L7 Application Layer, and L3 transit routing via the Global Network makes it possible for apps to connect directly between multiple cloud locations. Resources Product Page: F5 Distributed Cloud - Multi-Cloud Networking GitHub repository: https://github.com/f5devcentral/xcmcndemoguide Interactive Product Experiences App Connect (Hybrid and Multicloud Layer7 load balancing) Network Connect (Hybrid and Multicloud Layer3 routing) Get Started - https://www.f5.com/cloud/pricing
Dave_Potter
Feb 20, 2025 Place Technical Articles
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Don't forget to like, subscribe, and join the conversation! \n Topics: \n \n Agentic Risk vs. Reward \n OWASP GenAI Security Project \n DeepSeek and Inference Performance \n Vibe Coding Roundtable \n \n \n \n Annnnd we may have shared some related, mostly wholesome memes. \n \n ","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})@stringLength":"1040","kudosSumWeight":0,"repliesCount":0,"readOnly":false,"images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDE","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDA1NTAta1B2TGJt?revision=3\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDI","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDA1NTAtWldWQ09s?revision=3\"}"}}],"totalCount":2,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"videos":{"__typename":"VideoConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}}},"Conversation:conversation:340380":{"__typename":"Conversation","id":"conversation:340380","topic":{"__typename":"TkbTopicMessage","uid":340380},"lastPostingActivityTime":"2025-03-31T05:00:00.029-07:00","solved":false},"User:user:129415":{"__typename":"User","uid":129415,"login":"KevinGallaugher","registrationData":{"__typename":"RegistrationData","status":null},"deleted":false,"avatar":{"__typename":"UserAvatar","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/dS0xMjk0MTUtNU4zOHUz?image-coordinates=0%2C0%2C360%2C360"},"id":"user:129415"},"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtZUtyZGk0?revision=5\"}":{"__typename":"AssociatedImage","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtZUtyZGk0?revision=5","title":"clipboard_image-1-1742500880873.png","associationType":"BODY","width":1709,"height":768,"altText":""},"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtREZqSlJL?revision=5\"}":{"__typename":"AssociatedImage","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtREZqSlJL?revision=5","title":"clipboard_image-2-1742500880884.png","associationType":"BODY","width":1430,"height":599,"altText":""},"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtZlh1cXFJ?revision=5\"}":{"__typename":"AssociatedImage","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtZlh1cXFJ?revision=5","title":"clipboard_image-3-1742500880896.png","associationType":"BODY","width":1072,"height":670,"altText":""},"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtaDd0Uzhu?revision=5\"}":{"__typename":"AssociatedImage","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtaDd0Uzhu?revision=5","title":"clipboard_image-4-1742500880908.png","associationType":"BODY","width":865,"height":483,"altText":""},"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtWWlRZk1F?revision=5\"}":{"__typename":"AssociatedImage","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtWWlRZk1F?revision=5","title":"clipboard_image-5-1742500880917.png","associationType":"BODY","width":853,"height":469,"altText":""},"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtYUJjQnA0?revision=5\"}":{"__typename":"AssociatedImage","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAzODAtYUJjQnA0?revision=5","title":"clipboard_image-6-1742500880922.png","associationType":"BODY","width":1281,"height":381,"altText":""},"TkbTopicMessage:message:340380":{"__typename":"TkbTopicMessage","subject":"F5 rSeries: Next-Generation Fully Automatable Hardware","conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:340380"},"id":"message:340380","revisionNum":5,"uid":340380,"depth":0,"board":{"__ref":"Tkb:board:TechnicalArticles"},"author":{"__ref":"User:user:129415"},"teaser@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":"","introduction":"F5 rSeries is a rearchitected, next-generation hardware platform that scales application delivery performance and automates application services to address many of today’s most critical business challenges.","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":36},"postTime":"2025-03-31T05:00:00.029-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2025-03-31T05:00:00.029-07:00","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" \n\n \n What is rSeries? \n F5 rSeries is a rearchitected, next-generation hardware platform that scales application delivery performance and automates application services to address many of today’s most critical business challenges. \n rSeries relies on a Kubernetes-based platform layer (F5OS) that is tightly integrated with F5 TMOS software. Going to a microservice-based platform layer allows rSeries to provide additional functionality that was not possible in previous generations of F5 BIG-IP platforms. Customers do not need to learn Kubernetes but still get the benefits of it. Management of the hardware will still be done via a familiar F5 CLI, webUI or API. \n The additional benefit of automation capabilities can greatly simplify the process of deploying F5 products. A significant amount of time and resources are saved due to automation, which translates to more time to perform critical tasks. \n F5OS rSeries UI \n \n \n Why is this important? \n \n \n Get more done in less time by using a highly automatable hardware platform that can deploy software solutions in seconds, not minutes or hours. \n Increased performance improves ROI: The rSeries platform is a high performance and highly scalable appliance with improved processing power. \n Running multiple versions on the same platform allows for more flexibility than previously possible. \n Pay-as-you-Grow licensing options that unlock more CPU resources. \n \n \n \n Key rSeries Use-Cases \n \n NetOps Automation \n \n Shorten time to market by automating network operations and offering cloud like orchestration with full stack programmability \n Drive app development and delivery with self-service and faster response time \n \n Business Continuity \n \n Drive consistent policies across on-prem and public cloud and across hardware and software based ADCs \n Build resiliency with rSeries’ superior performance and failover capabilities \n Future proof investments by running multiple versions of apps side-by-side; migrate applications at your own pace \n \n Cloud Migration On-Ramp \n \n Accelerate cloud strategy by adopting cloud operating models and on-demand scalability with rSeries and use that as on ramp to cloud \n Dramatically reduce TCO with rSeries systems; extend commercial models to migrate from hardware to software or as applications move to cloud \n \n \n Automation Capabilities \n \n Declarative APIs and integration with automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible) greatly simplifies operations and reduces overhead: \n \n AS3 (Application Services 3 Extension): A declarative API that simplifies the configuration of application services. With AS3, customers can deploy and manage configurations consistently across environments. \n Ansible Automation: Prebuilt Ansible modules for rSeries enable automated provisioning, configuration, and updates, reducing manual effort and minimizing errors. \n Terraform: Organizations leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can use Terraform to define and automate the deployment of rSeries appliances and associated configurations. \n \n Example json file: \n \n Example of running the Automation Playbook: \n \n Example of the results: \n \n More information on Automation: \n Automating F5OS on rSeries \n GitHub Automation Repository \n \n Specialized Hardware Performance \n \n rSeries offers more hardware-accelerated performance capabilities with more FPGA chipsets that are more tightly integrated with TMOS. It also includes the latest Intel processing capabilities. This enhances the following: \n \n SSL and compression offload \n L4 offload for higher performance and reduced load on software \n Hardware-accelerated SYN flood protection \n Hardware-based protection from more than 100 types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks \n Support for F5 Intelligence Services \n \n Migration Options (BIG-IP Journeys) \n \n Use BIG-IP Jouneys to easily migrate your existing configuration to rSeries. This covers the following: \n \n Entire L4-L7 configuration can be migrated \n Individual Applications can be migrated \n BIG-IP Tenant configuration can be migrated \n Automatically identify and resolve migration issues \n Convert UCS files into AS3 declarations if needed \n Post-deployment diagnostics and health \n \n \n \n The Journeys Tool, available on DevCentral’s GitHub, facilitates the migration of legacy BIG-IP configurations to rSeries-compatible formats. \n Customers can convert UCS files, validate configurations, and highlight unsupported features during the migration process. \n Multi-tenancy capabilities in rSeries simplify the process of isolating workloads during and after migration. \n \n GitHub repository for F5 Journeys \n \n Conclusion \n \n The F5 rSeries platform addresses the modern enterprise’s need for high-performance, scalable, and efficient application delivery and security solutions. By combining cutting-edge hardware capabilities with robust automation tools and flexible migration options, rSeries empowers organizations to seamlessly transition from legacy platforms while unlocking new levels of performance and operational agility. Whether driven by the need for increased throughput, advanced multi-tenancy, the rSeries platform stands as a future-ready solution for securing and optimizing application delivery in an increasingly complex IT landscape. \n \n Related Content \n Cloud Docs rSeries Guide \n F5 rSeries Appliance Datasheet 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VELOS: A Next-Generation Fully Automatable Platform","conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:340253"},"id":"message:340253","revisionNum":16,"uid":340253,"depth":0,"board":{"__ref":"Tkb:board:TechnicalArticles"},"author":{"__ref":"User:user:129415"},"teaser@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":"","introduction":"F5 VELOS is a secure, high-performance Application Delivery Controller chassis system that enables organizations to meet the demands of high-growth AI apps and AI network data ingestion with unmatched scalability, flexibility, and resilience.","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":128},"postTime":"2025-03-24T05:00:00.038-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2025-03-28T10:02:22.935-07:00","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" \n\n \n What is VELOS? \n The F5 VELOS platform is the next generation of F5’s chassis-based systems. VELOS can bridge traditional and modern application architectures by supporting a mix of traditional F5 BIG-IP tenants as well as next-generation BIG-IP Next tenants in the future. \n VELOS relies on a Kubernetes-based platform layer (F5OS) that is tightly integrated with F5 TMOS software. Going to a microservice-based platform layer allows VELOS to provide additional functionality that was not possible in previous generations of F5 BIG-IP platforms. Customers do not need to learn Kubernetes but still get the benefits of it. Management of the chassis will still be done via a familiar F5 CLI, webUI, or API. \n The additional benefit of automation capabilities can greatly simplify the process of deploying F5 products. A significant amount of time and resources are saved due to automation, which translates to more time to perform critical tasks. \n F5OS VELOS UI \n \n \n Why is VELOS important? \n \n Get more done in less time by using a highly automatable hardware platform that can deploy software solutions in seconds, not minutes or hours. \n Increased performance improves ROI: The VELOS platform is a high-performance and highly scalable chassis with improved processing power. \n Running multiple versions on the same platform allows for more flexibility than previously possible. \n Significantly reduce the TCO of previous-generation hardware by consolidating multiple platforms into one. \n \n \n \n Key VELOS Use-Cases \n NetOps Automation \n \n Shorten time to market by automating network operations and offering cloud-like orchestration with full-stack programmability \n Drive app development and delivery with self-service and faster response time \n \n Business Continuity \n \n Drive consistent policies across on-prem and public cloud and across hardware and software-based ADCs \n Build resiliency with VELOS’ superior platform redundancy and failover capabilities \n Future-proof investments by running multiple versions of apps side-by-side; migrate applications at your own pace \n \n Cloud Migration On-Ramp \n \n Accelerate cloud strategy by adopting cloud operating models and on-demand scalability with VELOS and use that as on-ramp to cloud \n Dramatically reduce TCO with VELOS systems; extend commercial models to migrate from hardware to software or as applications move to cloud \n \n \n Automation Capabilities \n Declarative APIs and integration with automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible) greatly simplifies operations and reduces overhead: \n \n AS3 (Application Services 3 Extension): A declarative API that simplifies the configuration of application services. With AS3, customers can deploy and manage configurations consistently across environments. \n Ansible Automation: Prebuilt Ansible modules for VELOS enable automated provisioning, configuration, and updates, reducing manual effort and minimizing errors. \n Terraform: Organizations leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can use Terraform to define and automate the deployment of VELOS appliances and associated configurations. \n \n Example json file: \n \n Example of running the Automation Playbook: \n \n Example of the results: \n \n More information on Automation: \n Automating F5OS on VELOS \n GitHub Automation Repository \n \n Specialized Hardware Performance \n VELOS offers more hardware-accelerated performance capabilities with more FPGA chipsets that are more tightly integrated with TMOS. It also includes the latest Intel processing capabilities. This enhances the following: \n \n SSL and compression offload \n L4 offload for higher performance and reduced load on software \n Hardware-accelerated SYN flood protection \n Hardware-based protection from more than 100 types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks \n Support for F5 Intelligence Services \n \n VELOS CX1610 chassis \n \n VELOS BX520 blade \n \n \n Migration Options (BIG-IP Journeys) \n Use BIG-IP Journeys to easily migrate your existing configuration to VELOS. This covers the following: \n \n Entire L4-L7 configuration can be migrated \n Individual Applications can be migrated \n BIG-IP Tenant configuration can be migrated \n Automatically identify and resolve migration issues \n Convert UCS files into AS3 declarations if needed \n Post-deployment diagnostics and health \n \n \n \n The Journeys Tool, available on DevCentral’s GitHub, facilitates the migration of legacy BIG-IP configurations to VELOS-compatible formats. \n Customers can convert UCS files, validate configurations, and highlight unsupported features during the migration process. \n Multi-tenancy capabilities in VELOS simplify the process of isolating workloads during and after migration. \n \n GitHub repository for F5 Journeys \n \n Conclusion \n The F5 VELOS platform addresses the modern enterprise’s need for high-performance, scalable, and efficient application delivery and security solutions. By combining cutting-edge hardware capabilities with robust automation tools and flexible migration options, VELOS empowers organizations to seamlessly transition from legacy platforms while unlocking new levels of performance and operational agility. Whether driven by the need for increased throughput, advanced multi-tenancy, the VELOS platform stands as a future-ready solution for securing and optimizing application delivery in an increasingly complex IT landscape. \n \n Related Content \n Cloud Docs VELOS Guide \n F5 VELOS Chassic System Datasheet \n Demo Video: \n ","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})@stringLength":"5599","kudosSumWeight":3,"repliesCount":0,"readOnly":false,"images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDE","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtVVloMVNM?revision=16\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDI","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtZnJuTTlW?revision=16\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDM","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtblF3UlJ6?revision=16\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDQ","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtT1VQTHVV?revision=16\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDU","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtOWlWWlBt?revision=16\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDY","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtWUR4R1k3?revision=16\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDc","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtbkZDRjhi?revision=16\"}"}},{"__typename":"AssociatedImageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8b3wyNXxfTlZffDg","node":{"__ref":"AssociatedImage:{\"url\":\"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/bS0zNDAyNTMtMzBnTnFl?revision=16\"}"}}],"totalCount":8,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"videos":{"__typename":"VideoConnection","edges":[{"__typename":"VideoEdge","cursor":"MHxodHRwczovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS93YXRjaD92PThneUtjVy14MGI4LzE3NDMxNzUwOTM3MTV8MHwyNTsyNXx8","node":{"__typename":"AssociatedVideo","videoTag":{"__typename":"VideoTag","vid":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gyKcW-x0b8/1743175093715","thumbnail":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8gyKcW-x0b8/hqdefault.jpg","uploading":false,"height":240,"width":320,"title":null},"videoAssociationType":"INLINE_BODY"}}],"totalCount":1,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}}},"Conversation:conversation:340332":{"__typename":"Conversation","id":"conversation:340332","topic":{"__typename":"TkbTopicMessage","uid":340332},"lastPostingActivityTime":"2025-03-27T05:00:00.030-07:00","solved":false},"User:user:275883":{"__typename":"User","uid":275883,"login":"Tony_Marfil","registrationData":{"__typename":"RegistrationData","status":null},"deleted":false,"avatar":{"__typename":"UserAvatar","url":"https://community.f5.com/t5/s/zihoc95639/images/dS0yNzU4ODMtQ2o3aUZ6?image-coordinates=0%2C0%2C3022%2C3022"},"id":"user:275883"},"TkbTopicMessage:message:340332":{"__typename":"TkbTopicMessage","subject":"Simplifying Application Health Monitoring with F5 BIG-IP","conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:340332"},"id":"message:340332","revisionNum":2,"uid":340332,"depth":0,"board":{"__ref":"Tkb:board:TechnicalArticles"},"author":{"__ref":"User:user:275883"},"teaser@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" A simple agreement between BIG-IP administrators and application owners can foster smooth collaboration between teams. Application owners define their own simple or complex health monitors and agree to expose a conventional /health endpoint. When a /health endpoint responds with an HTTP 200 request, BIG-IP assumes the application is healthy based on the application owners' own criteria. ","introduction":"A simple agreement between BIG-IP administrators and application owners can foster smooth collaboration between teams.","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":122},"postTime":"2025-03-27T05:00:00.030-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2025-03-27T05:00:00.030-07:00","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" The Challenge of Health Monitoring in Modern Environments \n F5 BIG-IP administrators in Network Operations (NetOps) teams often work with application teams because the BIG-IP acts as a full proxy, providing services like: \n \n TLS termination \n Load balancing \n Health monitoring \n \n Health checks are crucial for effective load balancing. The BIG-IP uses them to determine where to send traffic among back-end application servers. However, health monitoring frequently causes friction between teams. \n Problems with the Traditional Approach \n Traditionally, BIG-IP administrators create and maintain health monitors ranging from simple ICMP pings to complex monitors that: \n \n Simulate user transactions \n Verify HTTP response codes \n Validate payload contents \n Track application dependencies \n \n This leads to several issues: \n \n Knowledge Gap: NetOps may not fully grasp each application's intricacies. \n Change Management Overhead: Application updates require retesting monitors, causing delays. \n Production Risk: Monitors can break after application changes, incorrectly marking services as up/down. \n Team Friction: Troubleshooting failed health checks involves tedious back-and-forth between teams. \n \n A Cloud-Native Solution \n The cloud-native and microservices communities have patterns that elegantly solve these problems. One widely used pattern is the [health endpoint], which adapts well to BIG-IP environments. \n The /health Endpoint Convention \n Cloud-native applications commonly expose dedicated health endpoints like /health, /healthy, or /ready. These return standard status codes reflecting the application's state. \n The /health endpoint provides a clear contract between NetOps and application teams for BIG-IP integration. \n Implementing the Contract \n This approach establishes a simple agreement: \n Application Team Responsibilities: \n \n Implement /health to return HTTP 200 when the application is ready for traffic \n Define \"healthy\" based on application needs (database connectivity, dependencies, etc.) \n Maintain the health check logic as the application changes \n \n BIG-IP Team Responsibilities: \n \n Configure an HTTP monitor targeting the /health endpoint \n Treat 200 as \"healthy\", anything else as \"unhealthy\" \n \n Benefits of This Approach \n \n Aligned Expertise: Application teams define health based on their knowledge. \n Less Friction: BIG-IP configuration stays stable as applications evolve. \n Better Reliability: Health checks reflect true application health, including dependencies. \n Easier Troubleshooting: The /health endpoint can return detailed diagnostic info, but this is ignored by the BIG-IP and used strictly for troubleshooting. \n \n Implementation Examples \n F5 BIG-IP Health Monitor Configuration \n ltm monitor http /Common/app-health-monitor { \n defaults-from /Common/http\n destination *:*\n interval 5 \n recv 200\n recv-disable none\n send \"GET /health HTTP/1.1\\r\\nHost: example.com\\r\\nConnection: close\\r\\n\\r\\n\"\n time-until-up 0\n timeout 16 \n} \n \n Node.js Health Endpoint Implementation \n const express = require('express');\nconst app = express();\nconst port = 3000;\n\napp.get('/', (req, res) => {\n res.send('Application is running'); \n});\n\napp.get('/health', async (req, res) => {\n try {\n const dbStatus = await checkDatabaseConnection();\n const serviceStatus = await checkDependentServices();\n \n if (dbStatus && serviceStatus) {\n return res.status(200).json({\n status: 'healthy',\n database: 'connected', \n services: 'available',\n timestamp: new Date().toISOString()\n });\n }\n \n res.status(503).json({\n status: 'unhealthy', \n database: dbStatus ? 'connected' : 'disconnected',\n services: serviceStatus ? 'available' : 'unavailable', \n timestamp: new Date().toISOString()\n });\n \n } catch (error) {\n res.status(500).json({\n status: 'error',\n message: error.message,\n timestamp: new Date().toISOString() \n });\n }\n});\n\nasync function checkDatabaseConnection() {\n // Check real database connection\n return true; \n}\n\nasync function checkDependentServices() {\n // Check required service connections\n return true;\n}\n\napp.listen(port, () => {\n console.log(`Application listening at http://localhost:${port}`);\n}); \n \n Adopting this health check pattern can greatly reduce friction between NetOps and application teams while improving reliability. The simple contract of HTTP 200 for healthy provides the needed integration while letting each team focus on their expertise. \n For apps that can't implement a custom /health endpoint, BIG-IP admins can still use traditional ICMP or TCP port monitoring. However, these basic checks can't accurately reflect an app's true health and complex dependencies. \n This approach fosters collaboration and leverages the specialized knowledge of both network and application teams. The result is more reliable services and smoother operations. 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","introduction":"","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":550},"postTime":"2025-01-07T05:00:00.036-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2025-03-26T10:35:02.780-07:00","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" Introduction \n This article has an attached guide (PDF) that shows how to move workloads from VMware with NSX networking to OpenShift Virtualization with F5 Distributed Cloud (XC). F5 Distributed Cloud provides the following NSX-like functionalities in a single pane of glass: \n \n L7 load balancing services \n L3 firewalling \n NAT \n DHCP Server \n Built-in service discovery \n BGP \n Multi-site L3 connectivity, allowing to have several sites in different locations \n Multi-cloud L3 connectivity, allowing to have both on-prem and cloud sites \n Multi-tenancy with VRF-like segmentation. \n \n And the following additional functionalities: \n \n Exposing of services across sites transparently \n Web App and API protection (WAAP) \n Primary/Secondary DNS and GSLB \n Bot defense \n Client-side defense \n Routed DDoS defense \n Content Delivery Network \n \n OpenShift Virtualization [1] [2] is Red Hat´s offering for KubeVirt virtualization, a solid virtualization platform for VM workloads which provides the following foundations to complete the solution: \n \n Hypervisor (KVM) and VM management \n L2 networking including overlays and micro-segmentation \n \n The migration described in the guide doesn’t require changing the IP addresses of the VMs. It is also important to remark that although the guide is named a “migration guide,” F5 XC allows VMware and OpenShift Virtualization environments to coexist and seamlessly connect workloads in both environments simultaneously, facilitating smooth interoperability and transition. \n \n \n \n \n Overview of the guide \n Please note: this solution relies on the use of Secure Mesh Sites v2 which at time of this writing is released as Early Access (EA), is still not feature complete and might have changes before its General Availability (GA) release. \n The recommendations and solution design in this guide might also change when the software is released GA. These should be considered non-production at the time of this writing. Please contact your sales representative for details. \n The guide is composed of the following sections: \n 1 INTRODUCTION \n 2 SOLUTION DESIGN \n 2.1 LAYER 3 OVERVIEW: REPLACING A L3 NSX TOPOLOGY WITH XC \n 2.2 LAYER 2 OVERLAYS, PHYSICAL NETWORKS AND MICRO-SEGMENTATION \n 2.3 LAYER 3 DETAILED DESIGN \n 2.4 MIGRATING SUBNET PREFIXES FROM NSX TO XC \n 2.5 LOAD BALANCERS AND VIPS \n 2.6 COMPLETE NETWORK DIAGRAM USED IN THIS GUIDE \n 3 OVERVIEW OF THE MIGRATION PROCESS \n 3.1 STEP 1 - DEPLOYMENT OF XC CE SITES IN THE VMWARE DEPLOYMENT \n 3.2 STEP 2 - VIP MIGRATION FROM THE ORIGINAL LB TO XC \n 3.3 STEP 3 - DEPLOYMENT OF XC CE SITES IN OPENSHIFT VIRTUALIZATION \n 3.4 STEP 4 - VIPS AND VM WORKLOAD MIGRATION \n 4 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION \n \n Final remarks and next steps \n OpenShift Virtualization is a strong virtualization foundation that, alongside F5 XC, provides a solution that allows migrating workloads gradually from NSX. This provides analogous and augmented functionality and keeps the original IP addresses, de-risking the migration. \n Download the attached PDF to see the guide. This guide is a living document, and we expect to update it with improved content. We are looking forward to your questions and comments on the guide. 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This quick-start guide simplifies the process by integrating HashiCorp Vault as a certificate authority in Kubernetes, using Jetstack’s cert-manager for automation and F5 NGINX Ingress Controller for secure traffic management. With this setup, certificates are issued and renewed automatically, reducing manual effort and improving security. By the end, your Kubernetes environment will be equipped with a streamlined, hands-free TLS certificate management system. \n Prerequisites \n \n Kubernetes Cluster (e.g., Minikube, AKS, EKS, GKE) \n NGINX Ingress Controller (Installation Guide) \n kubectl and Helm CLI \n \n Key resource names for easy reference \n Component Resource Name Vault helm release vault Vault pod vault-0 Vault service endpoint http://vault.default:8200 Domain example.com PKI role example-dot-com Kubernetes service account issuer Kubernetes secret issuer-token Cert manager issuer vault-issuer Certificate example-com TLS secret example-com-tls NGINX ingress example-ingress \n \n 🤓 Step-by-step guide \n Deploy vault in Kubernetes \n #Install vault helm chart \nhelm repo add hashicorp https://helm.releases.hashicorp.com \nhelm repo update \nhelm install vault hashicorp/vault --set \"injector.enabled=false\" \n\n# Initialize and unseal vault \nkubectl exec vault-0 -- vault operator init -key-shares=1 -key-threshold=1 -format=json > init-keys.json \nVAULT_UNSEAL_KEY=$(cat init-keys.json | jq -r \".unseal_keys_b64[]\") \nkubectl exec vault-0 -- vault operator unseal $VAULT_UNSEAL_KEY \n\n# Verify vault deployment, result will be pod vault-0 running \nkubectl get pods \n\n# Capture the root token to login, you should receive a success message \nVAULT_ROOT_TOKEN=$(cat init-keys.json | jq -r \".root_token\") \nkubectl exec vault-0 -- vault login $VAULT_ROOT_TOKEN \n Configure PKI secrets engine \n # Start an interactive Shell in pod vault-0 \nkubectl exec --stdin=true --tty=true vault-0 -- /bin/sh \n\n# Enable PKI default path \nvault secrets enable pki \n\n# Configure max cert validity time \nvault secrets tune -max-lease-ttl=8760h pki \n\n# Generate root cert \nvault write pki/root/generate/internal \\\n common_name=example.com \\\n ttl=8760h\n\n# Configure PKI endpoints\nvault write pki/config/urls \\\n issuing_certificates=\"http://vault.default:8200/v1/pki/ca\" \\\n crl_distribution_points=\"http://vault.default:8200/v1/pki/crl\"\n\n# Configure a role name\nvault write pki/roles/example-dot-com \\\n allowed_domains=example.com \\\n allow_subdomains=true \\\n max_ttl=72h\n\n# Create a policy called \"pki\" for the PKI secrets engine \nvault policy write pki - <<EOF\npath \"pki*\" { capabilities = [\"read\", \"list\"] }\npath \"pki/sign/example-dot-com\" { capabilities = [\"create\", \"update\"] }\npath \"pki/issue/example-dot-com\" { capabilities = [\"create\"] }\nEOF\n\n# Exit the vault-0 pod \nexit \n Configure Kubernetes authentication \n # Start the interactive shall in pod vault-0 \nkubectl exec --stdin=true --tty=true vault-0 -- /bin/sh \n\n# Enable Kubernetes authentication \nvault auth enable kubernetes \n\n# Configure the Kubernetes authentication method to use location of the Kubernetes API \nvault write auth/kubernetes/config \\\n kubernetes_host=\"https://$KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP_ADDR:443\"\n\n# Create a Kubernetes authentication role \nvault write auth/kubernetes/role/issuer \\\n bound_service_account_names=issuer \\\n bound_service_account_namespaces=default \\\n policies=pki \\\n ttl=20m\n\n# Exit pod vault-0 \nexit \n Deploy cert manager \n # Install Jetstack's cert-manager version 1.12.3 \nkubectl apply --validate=false -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.12.3/cert-manager.crds.yaml \n\n# Create cert-manager namespace \nkubectl create namespace cert-manager \n\n# Install with helm \nhelm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io \nhelm repo update \nhelm install cert-manager \\\n --namespace cert-manager \\\n --version v1.12.3 \\\n jetstack/cert-manager\n\n# Get cert manager pods \nkubectl get pods --namespace cert-manager \n Configure an issuer and generate a certificate \n # Create service account in the default namespace \nkubectl create serviceaccount issuer \n\n# Create a secret definition \ncat >> issuer-secret.yaml <<EOF\napiVersion: v1\nkind: Secret\nmetadata:\n name: issuer-token-lmzpj\n annotations:\n kubernetes.io/service-account.name: issuer\ntype: kubernetes.io/service-account-token\nEOF\n\n# Create issuer secret \nkubectl apply -f issuer-secret.yaml \n\n# Get all secrets in the default namespace \nkubectl get secrets \n\n# Create variable to capture the value of issuer secret \nISSUER_SECRET_REF=$(kubectl get secrets --output=json | jq -r '.items[].metadata | select(.name|startswith(\"issuer-token-\")).name') \n\n# Define issuer file\ncat > vault-issuer.yaml <<EOF\napiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1\nkind: Issuer\nmetadata:\n name: vault-issuer\n namespace: default\nspec:\n vault:\n server: http://vault.default:8200\n path: pki/sign/example-dot-com\n auth:\n kubernetes:\n mountPath: /v1/auth/kubernetes\n role: issuer\n secretRef:\n name: $ISSUER_SECRET_REF\n key: token\nEOF\n\n# Create the issuer \nkubectl apply -f vault-issuer.yaml \n\n# Define a certificate named example-com cat > example-com-cert.yaml <<EOF apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1 kind: Certificate metadata: name: example-com namespace: default spec: secretName: example-com-tls issuerRef: name: vault-issuer commonName: www.example.com dnsNames: - www.example.com EOF \n\n# Create the example-com certificate \nkubectl apply -f example-com-cert.yaml \n\n# View the example-com certificate \nkubectl describe certificate.cert-manager example-com \n Configure NGINX Ingress to use the certificate \n # Define nginx ingress resource \ncat > example-ingress.yaml <<EOF \napiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1\nkind: Ingress\nmetadata:\n name: example-ingress\n namespace: default\n annotations:\n nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: \"true\"\nspec:\n tls:\n - hosts:\n - www.example.com\n secretName: example-com-tls\n rules:\n - host: www.example.com\n http:\n paths:\n - path: /\n pathType: Prefix\n backend:\n service:\n name: example-service\n port:\n number: 80\nEOF \n\n# Apply ingress configuration \nkubectl apply -f example-ingress.yaml \n Verify automatic certificate renewal \n # Check if the certificate has been created successfully and when its expiry date is\nkubectl get certificate example-com -n default \nkubectl get secret example-com-tls -o jsonpath=\"{.data['tls\\.crt']}\" | base64 -d | openssl x509 -noout -dates \n\n# After waiting for the certificate renewal period to pass, check if a new certificate has been issued\nkubectl get certificate example-com -n default \nkubectl get secret example-com-tls -o jsonpath=\"{.data['tls\\.crt']}\" | base64 -d | openssl x509 -noout -dates \n\n# Ensure that the expiration date has changed, indicating that a new certificate has been issued and applied\nkubectl describe certificate example-com\n\n# Check that NGINX Ingress is working with your TLS \ncurl -v https://www.example.com --resolve www.example.com:443:<YOUR_INGRESS_SERVICE_EXTERNAL_IP> \n \n ☕ Summary \n With HashiCorp Vault and cert-manager, certificate management is fully automated, eliminating the need for manual intervention. NGINX Ingress Controller handles TLS termination efficiently, reducing overhead on backend services while ensuring secure communication. \n Beyond basic ingress capabilities, NGINX Ingress Controller offers advanced traffic splitting and content-based routing, making it a solid choice for production environments. Offloading TLS termination here not only enhances security but also optimizes resource utilization and performance. This integration provides a scalable, maintainable solution for managing certificates and ingress traffic in Kubernetes. 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keeping client IP addresses and egress flows","conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:333352"},"id":"message:333352","revisionNum":6,"uid":333352,"depth":0,"board":{"__ref":"Tkb:board:TechnicalArticles"},"author":{"__ref":"User:user:303102"},"teaser@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" Controlling the egress traffic in OpenShift allows to use the BIG-IP for several use cases: \n \n Keeping the source IP of the ingress clients \n Providing highly scalable SNAT for egress flows \n Providing security functionalities for egress flows \n ","introduction":"","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":429},"postTime":"2024-09-02T05:00:00.038-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2025-01-28T10:32:23.794-08:00","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" Introduction \n In this article it will be covered how to control the egress traffic in the Red Hat OpenShift cluster making use of the AdminPolicyBasedExternalRoute resource type introduced with OpenShift 4.14. This functionality can be used for several use cases: \n \n Keeping the source IP of the ingress clients by setting the BIG-IP as default gateway for the namespaces which the BIG-IP provides load balancing. \n Providing highly scalable SNAT for egress flows to outside the cluster. This includes per namespace SNATs. \n Providing security functionalities for egress flows to outside the cluster, such as firewall, IDS/IPS, malware protection, reporting and analytics, data loss prevention, URL filtering and integration with third party security solutions by doing SSL/TLS inspection. \n \n Keeping the source IP of ingress clients \n By default OpenShift sends the traffic to the default gateway of the network where the OpenShift cluster is placed. In the case of ingress traffic to the applications, in order to make the traffic symmetric, making the return traffic go through the load balancer, it has been required to use SNAT in the load balancer. With the introduction AdminPolicyBasedExternalRoute this is no longer required, allowing the use the source IP to the workload PODs (in the case of 1-tier deployment) or to the in-cluster ingress controller (in the case of 2-tier deployments). The overall traffic flows in the platform would be as shown next: \n \n Using the feature is straight forward, we only have to specify the namespaces for which we want the BIG-IP to be the gateway and the floating IP of the BIG-IPs facing the OpenShift cluster. An example is shown next: \n apiVersion: k8s.ovn.org/v1 kind: AdminPolicyBasedExternalRoute metadata: name: meg-policy-common spec: from: namespaceSelector: matchLabels: meg: common nextHops: static: - ip: \"10.1.10.100\" \n The labels can be freely chosen, in this case it is chosen \"meg\" as label (meg standing multi-egress gateway) and the value \"common.\" In the next sections we will see further possibilities. \n Providing highly scalable SNAT for egress flows \n One egress SNAT for all namespaces handled by the BIG-IP \n Another use case of this functionality is to delegate the SNAT function into BIG-IP, this allows for highly scalability SNAT for egress flows, this is traffic initiated from the cluster to the outside which is not load balanced. The scalability benefits are two fold: \n \n BIG-IP has a carrier-grade NAT which allows high number of concurrent flows and great configuration flexibility. \n By doing the SNAT function in BIG-IP, it is possible to SNAT the traffic of all nodes to a single IP instead of assigning one SNAT address per node. This allows managing the traffic through firewalls easier because filters don´t need to be changed when nodes are added or removed. \n \n Besides of the above, recall that this configuration in the BIG-IP can be done, if needed, in a per namespace basis, as shown next. \n \n This setup requires a virtual server which typically is not modified and doesn´t need to be created with CIS (it could be created with CIS with an AS3 ConfigMap if desired). The configuration is fairly simple: \n \n From this configuration it is worth highlighting: \n \n Specifying the VS type as Forwarding (IP) \n Restricting the source IPs with the range of the PODs \n Specifying the desired SNAT pool \n \n Multiple egress SNATs for namespaces handled by the BIG-IP \n It might be desired to have different sets of SNATs depending on the namespaces, this can be used by external firewalls to differentiate between applications. This can be accomplished by means of having multiple virtual servers as shown next: \n \n \n In OpenShift, there will be a separate AdminPolicyBasedExternalRoute manifest for each set of namespaces where we want to apply separate SNAT pools. In the figure above, these manifests are the \"meg-policy-common\" shown above and a new \"meg-policy-deciated\" shown next: \n apiVersion: k8s.ovn.org/v1 kind: AdminPolicyBasedExternalRoute metadata: name: meg-policy-dedicated spec: from: namespaceSelector: matchLabels: meg: dedicated nextHops: static: - ip: \"10.1.10.200\" Each AdminPolicyBasedExternalRoute points to a different floating-IP in the BIG-IP. But the BIG-IP cannot differentiate in the forwarding VS in which floating-IP the traffic was received because all the IPs in a given VLAN use the same MAC address. Because of the latter, each virtual server needs to be listening in a different VLAN so the BIG-IP can differentiate from which namespace the traffic came from. As you might have noted, typically the OpenShift nodes only sit in a single VLAN. To solve this, dummy VLANs in the BIG-IP will be created connecting to the same OpenShift network but with different interfaces. Furthermore, in order to have the same subnet in these VLANs it will be needed to assign each VLAN to a different route domain. \n Overall, the setup will be as follows: \n \n In practice the configuration is very similar to the case where there is a single egress virtual server: \n \n Note that from the previous configuration we only had to add the route domain ID (in this case %10) to the IP addresses. The routing domains created (10 and 20) are shown next: \n \n The full configuration of one of these route domains is shown next as example. The only required parameter is to have as parent the route domain 0 because it will be used to reach the external VLAN. \n \n The self-IPs of the BIG-IP facing the OpenShift clusters have to be in the corresponding route domains: \n \n Note that it is required to have separate non-floating IP addresses as well. \n Providing security functionalities for egress flows \n Once the BIG-IP is the gateway of the applications, it can be used to add many functionalities. This is outlined in the next figure: \n \n \n These functionalities are delivered with the SSL Ochestrator and Secure Web Gateway Services add-on modules. \n Furthermore, these modules allow the inclusion of additional third-party security integrations, like Cisco Firepower, Cisco WSA, Symantec DLP, RSA Netwitness, FireEye NX and PaloAlto NG Firewall. \n Conclusion and final remarks \n The AdminPolicyBasedExternalRoute resource type introduced with OpenShift 4.14 opens many possibilities of getting more visibility into the cluster, higher scalability and many security functionalities available in your existing BIG-IP platform. I hope this article has been an eye opener for the possibilities of the BIG-IP platform with OpenShift. I would love to hear if you have any specific requirements for the use cases mentioned in the article. 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This license can be purchased from your authorized F5 vendor. If you do not have an F5 vendor, and you are in either Canada or the US you can purchase a lab license online: \n \n CDW BIG-IP Virtual Edition Lab License \n CDW Canada BIG-IP Virtual Edition Lab License \n \n Once completed, the order is sent to F5 for fulfillment and your license will be delivered shortly after via e-mail. F5 is investigating ways to improve this process. \n To download the BIG-IP Virtual Edition, log into my.f5.com (separate login from DevCentral), navigate down to the Downloads card under the Support Resources section of the page. Select BIG-IP from the product group family and then the current version of BIG-IP. \n You will be presented with a list of options, at the bottom, select the Virtual-Edition option that has the following descriptions: \n \n For VMware Fusion or Workstation or ESX/i: Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server \n For Microsoft HyperV: Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V \n KVM RHEL/CentoOS: Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS \n \n Note: There are also 1 Slot versions of the above images where a 2nd boot partition is not needed for in-place upgrades. These images include _1SLOT- to the image name instead of ALL. \n The below guides will help get you started with F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition to develop for VMWare Fusion, AWS, Azure, VMware, or Microsoft Hyper-V. These guides follow standard practices for installing in production environments and performance recommendations change based on lower use/non-critical needs for development or lab environments. Similar to driving a tank, use your best judgement. \n \n Deploying F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition on VMware Fusion \n Deploying F5 BIG-IP in Microsoft Azure for Developers \n Deploying F5 BIG-IP in AWS for Developers \n Deploying F5 BIG-IP in Windows Server Hyper-V for Developers \n Deploying F5 BIG-IP in VMware vCloud Director and ESX for Developers \n \n Note: F5 Support maintains authoritative Azure, AWS, Hyper-V, and ESX/vCloud installation documentation. VMware Fusion is not an official F5-supported hypervisor so DevCentral publishes the Fusion guide with the help of our Field Systems Engineering teams. 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AI RAG using F5 Distributed Cloud in Red Hat OpenShift AI and NetApp ONTAP Environment","conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:339884"},"id":"message:339884","revisionNum":25,"uid":339884,"depth":0,"board":{"__ref":"Tkb:board:TechnicalArticles"},"author":{"__ref":"User:user:421692"},"teaser@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":"","introduction":"","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":299},"postTime":"2025-02-24T19:51:18.469-08:00","lastPublishTime":"2025-02-24T19:51:18.469-08:00","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":true,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":true,\"removeTocMarkup\":true,\"truncateLength\":-1})":" Introduction \n Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a powerful technique that allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to access information beyond their training data. The “R” in RAG refers to the data retrieval process, where the system retrieves relevant information from an external knowledge base based on the input query. Next, the “A” in RAG represents the augmentation of context enrichment, as the system combines the retrieved relevant information and the input query to create a more comprehensive prompt for the LLM. Lastly, the “G” in RAG stands for response generation, where the LLM generates a response with a more contextually accurate output based on the augmented prompt as a result. \n RAG is becoming increasingly popular in enterprise AI applications due to its ability to provide more accurate and contextually relevant responses to a wide range of queries. However, deploying RAG can introduce complexity due to its components being located in different environments. For instance, the datastore or corpus, which is a collection of data, is typically on-premise for enhanced control over data access and management due to data security, governance, and compliance with regulations within the enterprise. Meanwhile, inference services are often deployed in the cloud for their scalability and cost-effectiveness. \n In this article, we will discuss how F5 Distributed Cloud can simplify the complexity and securely connect all RAG components seamlessly for enterprise RAG-enabled AI applications deployments. Specifically, we will focus on Network Connect, App Connect, and Web App & API Protection. We will demonstrate how these F5 Distributed Cloud features can be leveraged to secure RAG in collaboration with Red Hat OpenShift AI and NetApp ONTAP. \n Example Topology \n \n \n F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect \n F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect enables seamless and secure network connectivity across hybrid and multicloud environments. By deploying F5 Distributed Cloud Customer Edge (CE) at site, it allows us to easily establish encrypted site-to-site connectivity across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environment. \n Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, has said that \"Nearly half of the files in the world are stored on-prem on NetApp.”. In our example, enterprise data stores are deployed on NetApp ONTAP in a data center in Seattle managed by organization B (Segment-B: s-gorman-production-segment), while RAG services, including embedding Large Language Model (LLM) and vector database, is deployed on-premise on a Red Hat OpenShift cluster in a data center in California managed by Organization A (Segment-A: jy-ocp). By leveraging F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect, we can quickly and easily establish a secure connection for seamless and efficient data transfer from the enterprise data stores to RAG services between these two segments only: \n \n F5 Distributed Cloud CE can be deployed as a virtual machine (VM) or as a pod on a Red Hat OpenShift cluster. In California, we deploy the CE as a VM using Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization — click here to find out more on Deploying F5 Distributed Cloud Customer Edge in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: \n \n Segment-A: jy-ocp on CE in California and Segment-B: s-gorman-production-segment on CE in Seattle: \n \n Simply and securely connect Segment-A: jy-ocp and Segment-B: s-gorman-production-segment only, using Segment Connector: \n \n NetApp ONTAP in Seattle has a LUN named “tbd-RAG”, which serves as the enterprise data store in our demo setup and contains a collection of data. After these two data centers are connected using F5 XC Network Connect, a secure encrypted end-to-end connection is established between them. In our example, “test-ai-tbd” is in the data center in California where it hosts the RAG services, including embedding Large Language Model (LLM) and vector database, and it can now successfully connect to the enterprise data stores on NetApp ONTAP in the data center in Seattle: \n \n F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect \n F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect securely connects and delivers distributed applications and services across hybrid and multicloud environments. By utilizing F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect, we can direct the inference traffic through F5 Distributed Cloud's security layers to safeguard our inference endpoints. \n \n Red Hat OpenShift on Amazon Web Services (ROSA) is a fully managed service that allows users to develop, run, and scale applications in a native AWS environment. We can host our inference service on ROSA so that we can leverage the scalability, cost-effectiveness, and numerous benefits of AWS’s managed infrastructure services. For instance, we can host our inference service on ROSA by deploying Ollama with multiple AI/ML models: \n \n Or, we can enable Model Serving on Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI). Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) is a flexible and scalable AI/ML platform builds on the capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift that facilitates collaboration among data scientists, engineers, and app developers. This platform allows them to serve, build, train, deploy, test, and monitor AI/ML models and applications either on-premise or in the cloud, fostering efficient innovation within organizations. In our example, we use Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) Model Serving on ROSA for our inference service: \n \n Once inference service is deployed on ROSA, we can utilize F5 Distributed Cloud to secure our inference endpoint by steering the inference traffic through F5 Distributed Cloud's security layers, which offers an extensive suite of features designed specifically for the security of modern AI/ML inference endpoints. This setup would allow us to scrutinize requests, implement policies for detected threats, and protect sensitive datasets before they reach the inferencing service hosted within ROSA. In our example, we setup a F5 Distributed Cloud HTTP Load Balancer (rhoai-llm-serving.f5-demo.com), and we advertise it to the CE in the datacenter in California only: \n \n We now reach our Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) inference endpoint through F5 Distributed Cloud: \n \n F5 Distributed Cloud Web App & API Protection \n F5 Distributed Cloud Web App & API Protection provides comprehensive sets of security features, and uniform observability and policy enforcement to protect apps and APIs across hybrid and multicloud environments. We utilize F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect to steer the inference traffic through F5 Distributed Cloud to secure our inference endpoint. In our example, we protect our Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) inference endpoint by rate-limiting the access, so that we can ensure no single client would exhaust the inference service: \n \n A \"Too Many Requests\" is received in the response when a single client repeatedly requests access to the inference service at a rate higher than the configured threshold: \n \n This is just one of the many security features to protect our inference service. Click here to find out more on Securing Model Serving in Red Hat OpenShift AI (on ROSA) with F5 Distributed Cloud API Security. \n Demonstration \n In a real-world scenario, the front-end application could be hosted on the cloud, or hosted at the edge, or served through F5 Distributed Cloud, offering flexible alternatives for efficient application delivery based on user preferences and specific needs. To illustrate how all the discussed components work seamlessly together, we simplify our example by deploying Open WebUI as the front-end application on the Red Hat OpenShift cluster in the data center in California, which includes RAG services. While a DPU or GPU could be used for improved performance, our setup utilizes a CPU for inferencing tasks. \n We connect our app to our enterprise data stores deployed on NetApp ONTAP in the data center in Seattle using F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect, where we have a copy of \"Chapter 1. About the Migration Toolkit for Virtualization\" from Red Hat. These documents are processed and saved to the Vector DB: \n \n Our embedding Large Language Model (LLM) is Sentence-Transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2, and here is our RAG template: \n \n Instead of connecting to the inference endpoint on Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) on ROSA directly, we connect to the F5 Distributed Cloud HTTP Load Balancer (rhoai-llm-serving.f5-demo.com) from F5 Distributed Cloud App Connect: \n \n Previously, we asked, \"What is MTV?“ and we never received a response related to Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization: \n \n Now, let's try asking the same question again with RAG services enabled: \n \n We finally received the response we had anticipated. \n Next, we use F5 Distributed Cloud Web App & API Protection to safeguard our Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) inference endpoint on ROSA by rate-limiting the access, thus preventing a single client from exhausting the inference service: \n \n As expected, we received \"Too Many Requests\" in the response on our app upon requesting the inference service at a rate greater than the set threshold: \n \n With F5 Distributed Cloud's real-time observability and security analytics from the F5 Distributed Console, we can proactively monitor for potential threats. 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